Courses

• CAS LY 283: Contemporary Arab Women Writers (in English translation)
  Introduction to the literature of Arab feminism, highlighting important recent developments in women's self-expression. Themes include family ties, expressions of female sexuality, women and ethnicity, and writing in exile about Arab culture.
• CAS LY 303: Third-Year Modern Arabic I
  Advanced reading, composition, grammar review, listening skills, and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic as well as major dialects such as the Cairine or the Gulf dialect.
• CAS LY 304: Third-Year Modern Arabic II
  Continuing advanced reading, advanced composition; grammar review, listening skills, and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic as well as major dialects such as the Cairine or the Gulf dialect.
• CAS LY 350: Introduction to Arabic Literature
  Selection of Arabic poetry, short stories, novels, and drama. Focus on development and refinement of Arabic reading strategies, literary analysis of short passages, and writing and speaking skills. Readings and assignments in Arabic and English.
• CAS LY 403: Advanced Arabic 1
  Advanced-level reading and discussion in Modern Standard Arabic of media reports, scholarly articles, modern literary texts, and excerpts from classical writings. Student compositions and presentations in Arabic on topics related to readings.
• CAS LY 404: Advanced Arabic 2
  Advanced conversation and composition course in conjunction with the study of famous literary and cinematographic works of the Arabic-speaking world.
• CAS LY 441: 1001 Nights in the World Literary Imagination
  What is The Thousand and One Nights? How has this ever-expanding collection appealed to its diverse audiences? Focus on Nights structure and themes, notable translations and offshoots in western literature and art, and later appropriations by Arab and Muslim writers.
• CAS LY 491: Directed Study: Arabic
  Application form available in department.
• CAS LY 492: Ds Arabic
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CAS LZ 111: First-Semester Modern Persian
  For beginners. Introduction to spoken and written Persian and to fundamentals of Persian grammar, with oral drills and written exercises.
• CAS LZ 112: Second-Semester Modern Persian
  For beginners. Continues CAS LZ 111. Spoken and written Persian and fundamentals of Persian grammar, with oral drills and written exercises.
• CAS LZ 211: Third-Semester Modern Persian
  Development of communication skills acquired in the first year (LZ 111 and 112).
• CAS LZ 212: Fourth-Semester Modern Persian
  Continues LZ 211. Development of communication skills acquired in the first year (CAS LZ 111 and 112). Satisfactory completion of CAS LZ 212 fulfills the CAS language requirement.
• CAS LZ 280: Persian Epic
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CAS LZ 491: Directed Study: Persian
  Application form available in department.
• CAS LZ 492: Ds Persian
  
• CAS MA 107: Mathematical Reasoning in the Elementary Grades: Number Systems
  Required for undergraduates seeking licensure in elementary education, special education, or deaf studies. Focuses on number systems, operations including mental mathematics, proportionality, number theory, and probability. Non-SED students by signed permission only. Does not satisfy CAS Divisional Studies or Math/Stat major.
• CAS MA 108: Mathematical Reasoning in the Elementary Grades: Algebra, Geometry, and Statistics
  Required for undergraduates seeking licensure in elementary education, special education, or deaf studies. Focuses on topics in algebra, geometry, measurement, and statistics. Non-SED students by signed permission only. Does not satisfy CAS Divisional Studies or Math/Stat major.
• CAS MA 109: The Art and Science of Quantitative Reasoning
  Buying music on-line, making phone calls, predicting the weather, or controlling disease outbreaks would be impossible without mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Focuses on methods of reasoning common to these disciplines, and how they enable the modern world. Also offered as CAS CS 109.
• CAS MA 113: Elementary Statistics
  MA 113 may not be taken for credit by any student who has completed any MA course numbered 300 or higher. Students may receive credit for not more than one of the following courses: CAS MA 113, MA 115, or MA 213. Basic concepts of estimation and tests of hypotheses, ideas from probability; one-, two-, and multiple-sample problems. Applications in social sciences. Primarily for students in the social sciences who require a one-semester introduction to statistics; others should consider CAS MA 115 or MA 213.

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